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A

B

Branaman,
William T.

Founding Board of Directors 1904; third
largest stockholder at that time.

Brown, Cecil

truck driver as per 1940 census

Brown,
Harry

machinist in
1930

C

Chapman,
Charles

burner at brick
plant in 1915; wife Delia A.

Clark, Howard

Superintendent of the plant in
1930 at the age of 58.
Resided with wife Clennia at 162 Main St. in Medora

D

Darkis, Troy L.

Current owner of the Medora Brick Plant site.
Worked at the plant as a young man.

Davis, Ansell

laborer as per 1930 census

Dixon, Alva

laborer as per 1930 census

Dixon, Harold

laborer as per 1930 census

E

Earl, Franklin

laborer

F

G

Gallion, Stclair

laborer as per 1930 census

Gray, Bernard A.

Superintendent of plant from 1968-1992. Began
working at the plant in 1946 as a high school student then full time in
1951.

Gray, Ralph

Worked at the plant beginning in 1925 as a
laborer and later (after 1940 sometime) became Surperintendent. Wife was
Doris. Father
of Bernard A. Gray and Erridine Gray.

Gray, Erridine

Brick plant salesman, son of Ralph Gray and
brother of Bernard A. Gray

Greathouse, Helen

laborer as per 1940 census

Greathouse, Lester

laborer as per 1940 census

H

Hamilton, Isaac

laborer, married to Gertrude Darkis

Heller, John W.

Purchased the Medora Plant in 1925. His
son James P. Heller followed as President of the company beginning in
about 1946.

Heller, James P.

President of Medora Brick Plant and the
Jackson Brick & Hollowware Co. 1946 through 1970's when the Jackson Co.
was still operating and then Medora until its closing in Jan. 31, 1992.
James Heller (1909-1999).

Heller,
Mildred Inez Gossman

Wife of James P. Heller. Passed in
2011 in
Brownstown. (1910-2011)

Hook,
Fred N.

brick burner in 1915; wife
Ella

Hubbard, Roy

laborer as per 1930 census

Hughes, D.M.

occupation farmer/
investor who was the largest stockholder at the plants founding in 1904.
Board member in 1908.

Hughes, Nin (Nineva)

laborer as per 1940 census

Hunsucker, Josiah L.

Founding Board of Directors 1904. Board
member in 1908.

Hunsucker, Henry S.

laborer as per 1930 & 1940 census Son of Robert below

Hunsucker, Robert H.

laborer as per 1930 census; worked at plant 27 years, died. at 73 in
1952

I

J

Jackson, Curtis

perhaps he worked at
the plant - listed as a
'brick maker'

K

James Keiser

25 years there

L

Lambert, Hubert

laborer as per 1940 census

Lane, Everett

laborer as per 1940 census

Lockman, Erastus

laborer as per 1930 census

Lonsberry,
Henry

as per 1910 census

M

Medora Shale Brick Company

The original name of the company operating the
Medora Brick Plant.

McMillan,
C.C.

Board Member in 1908; bookeeper for the plant
as per 1910 census

McMillan, Roland

laborer as per 1930 census

N

O

P

Parker,
Samuel

Know to be the Superintendent of
Brick Plant in 1910 at the age of 30.
born ~1879 married for seven years with child, Florence age 4 . He was from
Ohio. Wife Eliza parents, 31, born in Ohio 1878 from England, Daughter

Peck, Lew

as per the 1910 census

Plummer, Jerald (Jerry)

truck driver for 15 years

Poor, Ralph

laborer as per 1930 census

Pray, John

laborer as per 1930 and 1940 census

Q

R

Reynolds, Ellis

laborer as per 1940 census

Robertson, Joseph

President of both the Medora Brick Co. and the
Jackson Brick & Hollowware Co. of Brownstown ~1922-1940. Purchased
the Medora plant in partnership with John W. Heller in ~1922. Joe
would have been 44 in 1922. Wife Bessie B. and daughter Carolyn born in
~1921.

Rudder, Elmer
E.

a foreman at the plant in 1914; maternal great
grandfather to this website's creator, Steve Graves.

Russell, John

Moved from Seymour to work at the plant in March 1909.

S

Shep(p)ard, Charlie

laborer as per 1940 census

Sheppard, George A

a foreman in 1930

Sheppard, Harry Kenneth

worked at the plant until 1942

Shelton, Charles E.

laborer as per 1940 census

Shelton, Frank

laborer as per 1940 census

Shelton, John W.

laborer as per 1940 census; a John Shelton appears in the 1910 census

Shelton, May

laborer as per 1940 census

Sherrill, Jerome

laborer as per 1940 census

Sons, Nick

1910 census. Brother in law to Henry Lonsburry

Sons, Alvie "Perk"

laborer

Sons, Willie

laborer as per 1940 census

Smith, Frank

laborer as per 1930 census

Smith, H.M.

Board of Directors 1908

Sutherland, Alva

Age 27 in 1910 - engineer at the plant - keeping
equipment running.

Sutton,
John H.

Founding Board of Directors 1904

T

Taylor, George

feet and ankles crushed at plant - Nov. 6 1916 Seymour Tribune

Tomsberry, Henry

laborer as per 1930 census

Trautman,
Cornelius V.

Founding Board of Directors 1904 and second
largest stockholder at that time.
Occupation: miller.
Board member in 1908.

Trueblood, Virgil

as per 1910 census

U

V

W

Watts, Clarence

laborer as per 1930 census

Watts, James

laborer as per 1930 & 1940 census

Wayman, Henry

rock fell on him according to Mar 20, 1913 Seymour Tribune article

Weddle, Henry

laborer as per 1930 census

Weddle,
William

fireman at brick
plant in 1915; wife Laura

Williams, Charlie (ey)

laborer as per 1910 census

Williams, William S.

laborer as per 1930 census

Williams, Wm. (Willie) L.

laborer as per 1930 census son of Wm. S.

Wineineger, Millard

laborer as per 1930 census

Wesner, Caroll R.

laborer as per 1930 census

Woods, Daniel W.

laborer as per 1930 census

Woods, David

laborer as per 1910 census

Woods, Gary

laborer as per 1910 census

Woods, Lewis

laborer as per 1930 census

X

Y

Z

Zollman, George W.

Founding Board of Directors 1904

The following people who resided in Carr Township (Medora) of Jackson Co.
Indiana indicated in the ~ April 11-22, 1930 Federal Census
that they worked at the
Brick Plant: *In the process of
verifying and adding to list above (12/8/13)

Name and age in 1930

Blair,Price 32

Brown,
Frank 24

Durham,
Perry 20

Durham,
Gilbert 57

Greathouse,
Clifford 28

Greathouse, Lonns
25

Henderson,
Russell 24

Lonsberry,
John 29

Sheppard,
John W. 37

Smith,
Taft 22

Sons,
Frank 47

Weaver,
Carroll R. 21

Williams, Clarence
28

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